Piper Hutchinson isn’t opposed to gambling. But the 25-year-old political communications major says she was "really concerned” with the email she received in January from the athletic department at Louisiana State University.
The message, which was also sent to a large number of LSU fans, encouraged recipients to download the Caesars Sportsbook app. The subject line: "$300 in Free Bets Await.” Hutchinson, a senior, says universities shouldn’t be encouraging their students to gamble.
"There needs to be a line between the business aspect of athletics and the academics of a major flagship university,” she said.
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